posted 5/10/2018 3:14:59 PM Thank you for your service all. I have received some great help in the past and figured I would try the message board for any other pieces of information that may be out there. He served with the 714th Tank Battalion and was KIA on January 9th, 1945. Any info at all would be greatly appreciated. God Bless.

MikeWoldenbergJunior MemberMember # 16

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posted 5/11/2018 9:07:44 AM Hello, I can send you a few pages from a unithistory of the 714th. Do you happen to knowwhich company he was in? This might confirmthat I have found the right incident on Jan. 9th.

Mike

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posted 5/11/2018 3:52:57 PM KIA report says that he is buried in Epinal

Bob SchererJunior MemberMember # 119

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posted 5/12/2018 8:50:27 AM GRoberts -I will check with the 714th Tank Bn unit representative to see if she has any info on Gordon. I have been working with a French lady whose organization cares for graves at Epinal. They are trying to locate photographs for all of our military personnel who are interred there. If you have a picture of Gordon I would appreciate it if you could email me a copy. I will also look for info on Gordon. Bob Scherer

MikeWoldenbergJunior MemberMember # 16

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posted 5/12/2018 10:41:41 AM Gordon Roberts was definitely in Company B of the714th. Several tanks from Co. B were hit on January 9th. One man was killed in one tank, and two werekilled in Lt. Hisinger's tank. Gordorn Roberts had tobe in one of these two tanks.

Looking for more information on Hisinger, etc.

Mike

MikeWoldenbergJunior MemberMember # 16

Posts: 1079From: University at Buffalo (NY)Registered: 6/1/2004

posted 5/12/2018 12:00:46 PM Hello again,Go to BOOKS AND WRITTEN EXPERIENCES. Scrolldown to THE INITIAL ASSAULT ON HERRLISHEIMBY THE 56th ARMORED INFANTRY BATTALION AND THE 714TH TANK BATTALION.

Go to pager 31. January 9th: Fouir tanks from 714 B were hit. The tank of first Lt. Arthur D. Slote of the 1st platoon, lost one man killed. The tank of Lt. Hisinger lost 2 men killed.

The men killed: Gordon R. Roberts, Elmer F. Tankesleuy, Richard Meiring. I do not know which tank for these men. These were the only men fromthe 714th who were killed that day. Two more menwere killed on Jan. 10: James Pittman and Walter L. Snow.

The INITIAL ASSAULT .... should contain 3 overlay maps referred to in the text. (It does not). The overlay maps go over a map of the area at the scale of 1:25,000. The information is easier to understand with the overlays.I can send you the overlaty

MikeWoldenbergJunior MemberMember # 16

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posted 5/12/2018 12:02:17 PM Tankesley is the correct spelling.

Bob SchererJunior MemberMember # 119

Posts: 95From: Yardley, PARegistered: 10/11/2005

posted 5/12/2018 7:58:33 PM GRoberts,

I forgot to give you my email on my earlier post: rwscherer@verizon.net

Also, I'm in contact with the grandson of another B/714th Soldier, Walter Snow. Per Mike's earlier post Walter was KIA on 10 Jan 45 just after Gordon.

Bob

MikeWoldenbergJunior MemberMember # 16

Posts: 1079From: University at Buffalo (NY)Registered: 6/1/2004

posted 5/13/2018 11:08:40 AM Go to BOOKS AND WRITTEN EXPERIENCES to the left.Scroll down to the 56th Armored Infantry Battalion.Find: NIGHTMARE IN HERRLISHEIM by Dale Miller.See the OVERLAY MAPS at the beginning of thisvolume. Go to page 56 for a text that is slightly different from the one I referred to above. Refer to theoverlay maps. They were originally produced for a map of scale 1:50,000.

Thank you very much for the additional information. I am going to look over the suggested reading material closer. Thank you again, and if you come across any additional pictures I would love to have them.